Research Article
Unexplained Falls Are Frequent in Patients with Fall-Related Injury Admitted to Orthopaedic Wards: The UFO Study (Unexplained Falls in Older Patients)
Table 3
Drugs taken in the previous month.
| | | All
() | 65–79 years
() | ≥80 years
() | |
| | Antihypertensives (%) | 60.1 | 56.7 | 62.9 | 0.416 | | Antiplatelet agents (%) | 35.3 | 26.7 | 39.5 | 0.087 | | Anticoagulants (%) | 9.2 | 15.0 | 6.4 | 0.060 | | Central nervous system drugs (%) | 47.5 | 40.9 | 50.8 | 0.208 | | Ace inhibitors/AT2 antagonists (%) | 38.0 | 38.3 | 37.9 | 0.955 | | Calcium-channel blockers (%) | 16.8 | 18.3 | 16.1 | 0.708 | | Diuretics | 34.2 | 21.6 | 40.3 | 0.02 | | Beta-blockers | 13.1 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 0.685 | | Alpha-blockers | 5.4 | 6.7 | 4.8 | 0.608 | | Other, (%) | 79.3 | 80.0 | 79.0 | 0.897 |
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